Plans for asphalt plant in Pawtucket scrapped

PAWTUCKET – A developer has agreed to abandon plans for an asphalt manufacturing plant on the border of the Woodlawn and Fairlawn neighborhoods.

Jeff Joaquin, of Pawtucket Asphalt, nixed the plans after open dialogue with city officials. He made the announcement in a news release Friday along with Mayor Donald Grebien and City Councilors Meghan Kallman and Tim Rudd.

Resident Patricia St. Germain, president of the Fairlawn Against Crime Team, was a key opponent of the project, said city officials, and other city officials and members of Pawtucket's General Assembly delegation were also opposed.

Members of the Pawtucket Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals are getting credit for their professionalism throughout the process. Both entities had tabled action on the application, upon recommendation of the Pawtucket Planning Department, so the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management could first review the proposal, which included land in a designated floodplain and wetland.

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